PHILIPSBURG--Three former employees of Cheri’s Café who lost their jobs when the Maho restaurant closed its doors after Hurricane Irma in September 2017 lost their bid for damages for what they considered their “irregular” dismissal.

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance on Monday has ordered National General Insurance Corporation NV NAGICO to pay a US $33.2 million advance to Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) for damages incurred during Hurricane Irma which are covered under the airport’s insurance policy.

PHILIPSBURG--The Judge in the Court of First Instance on Friday has ordered St. Maarten Heritage Foundation to pay St. Maarten Museum’s manager her full wages until the labour agreement has been legally terminated.

MIAMI/ORANJESTAD - A former official of an Aruban state-owned telecommunications provider was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison after admitting he participated in a scheme to launder bribe money he was paid in exchange for rewarding lucrative contracts.

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of First Instance sentenced attorney-at-law Brenda Brooks to six months suspended and an unconditional fine of NAf. 10,000 on Wednesday for bribery of an immigration officer at Princess Juliana International Airport in July 2016.

PHILIPSBURG--The suspects involved in a fight among several men at the entrance to Diamond Hill Estate in Cole Bay on July 20, 2017, during which Gary Zorilla was stabbed to death will not be going to prison for the incident.

PHILIPSBURG--United Democrats Member of Parliament (MP) Chanel Brownbill was sentenced Tuesday by the Court of First Instance to eighteen months, fifteen of which were suspended, on three years’ probation, with 240 hours of community service, in the “Emerald” case.

PHILIPSBURG – On April the 17 th 2018 the Court of First Instance of Sint Maarten sentenced five residents for deliberately not on time, inaccurate and / or incomplete filing of the income tax and the tax on the company turnover.